Hi Guys.

I'm having issues with a new site.  Our forum has over 2000 forums in it, and quite simply when a registered user (can't view forums with registering) views the forum page, it either takes a long time to load or causes IE to crash.

I'm aware that 2000 forums is a large number, but surely we can make this faster.   If I change the settings to show only aggregated forums, it won't allow users to find the forums to create a new thread (eg, find a forum under section A).

The site is www.yourwealthwatch.com.au

Hi Mitch,

Thanks for the quick reply.  It's quite refreshing to say the least.

I'll look into the problems more before emailing you.  Given my noobness...expect to hear from me...hahaha.

Cheers

Dave

Ok so I've done a little testing and have found the problem seems to be with Vista...although some more testing is needed.

There is no evidence of a problem in the event viewer after a crash, so I'm thinking the crashing is something to do with Vista rather than the forum itself.  I have no problems viewing the forums using XP...albeit the forums are slow.

With regards the slowness, I have tried adjusting the site caching and compression settings aswell as clearing events viewers and logs, however the forums remain slow.

When viewing the forums in aggregate mode, in individual forum sections (in our case all forums starting with a, b, c, etc etc) or in an actual thread the speeds are fine.  It's viewing the forum in normal mode with all forums visible that the speeds are terrible. 

Any ideas on how to speed the forums up?